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Thanks for visiting ! Please leave me comments, I love to read what you might think about the boutis (which is also known as "Broderie de Marseille"), please share with me what you have seen, what you love, how-tos, good museums to visit, pattern origins, and so on ..... you get the idea !

Sunday, November 27, 2011

I managed to complete a quilt top for a gift for my sister-in-law. She doesn't read blogs so I am safe showing it to you ! I got it done just in time to send to the quilter for it to be back before our trip.

It is a fun pattern to make but a lot of stitching. This one is a good-sized lap quilt. I am hoping that the many colors will fit in with her decor.

Next up will be working on the house applique some more. That has been such a delight, I am enjoying the class and the friendship so much.
I also have a couple of Christmas quilts "not quite" finished, really silly not to have completed those by now. One is a completed top, another has a small amount of applique still to do. I am thinking about them again because next week is already the Christmas project day for this year. I will post about that next week, it is my Christmas treat to myself each year.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Just recently I was able to add to my collection of petassouns. These two are very firmly stuffed, finished with a bias, and have the traditional design elements. I always wonder when I see an old piece about the person who made it, whether for their own child, or as a gift, where they lived and what their lives were like. For things like this to survive so long, through two world wars and many generations, they must have been treasured.
I am still hoping to find a beautiful big "vane" one day. However, I enjoy looking at how these were made, what the stitching is like, how they were finished. There is as much variation in the old ones as we have today in terms of quality of stitching, etc.
J'ai trouve ces deux petassouns pour ajouter a ma petite collection. Ils sont tres bourres, avec une finition bias, aux motifs traditionaux. Toujours quand je regarde ces ouvrages anciens je pense a la boutisseuse, si elle l'a fait pour son enfant, ou comme cadeau, ou elle habitait et les circonstances de sa vie. On les a garde bien, pendant deux guerres mondiales et plusieurs generations.
J'ai encore l'espoir que je trouverais une vane. J'aime bien les regarder, apprendre comme on l'a fait, les finitions et la qualite du travail, comme aujourd'hui il y a beaucoup de variation.
Un bon dimanche a toutes

About Me

This is a blog where I want to share about one of my passions - the Boutis - which is an old and beautiful Provencal art of the needle. I also love applique quilts, and make them often - usually big ones that take a long time ! Otherwise I love travelling, especially to our 100 year old cottage on the Southern Wine Route in Germany. PLEASE do not use my photos or content of this blog without permission.